---
title: Clipboard
description: Read and write to the system clipboard.
plugin: clipboard-manager
---

import Stub from '@components/Stub.astro';
import PluginLinks from '@components/PluginLinks.astro';
import Compatibility from '@components/plugins/Compatibility.astro';

import { Tabs, TabItem, Steps } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
import CommandTabs from '@components/CommandTabs.astro';
import PluginPermissions from '@components/PluginPermissions.astro';

<PluginLinks plugin={frontmatter.plugin} />

Read and write to the system clipboard using the clipboard plugin.

## Supported Platforms

<Compatibility plugin={frontmatter.plugin} />

## Setup

Install the clipboard plugin to get started.

<Tabs>
    <TabItem label="Automatic">

    Use your project's package manager to add the dependency:

    <CommandTabs npm="npm run tauri add clipboard-manager"
    yarn="yarn run tauri add clipboard-manager"
    pnpm="pnpm tauri add clipboard-manager"
    bun="bun tauri add clipboard-manager"
    cargo="cargo tauri add clipboard-manager" />

    </TabItem>
    <TabItem label="Manual">
        <Steps>

        1. Run the following command in the `src-tauri` folder to add the plugin to the project's dependencies in `Cargo.toml`:

            ```sh frame=none
            cargo add tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager
            ```

        2.  Modify `lib.rs` to initialize the plugin:

            ```rust title="src-tauri/src/lib.rs" ins={4}
            #[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
            pub fn run() {
                tauri::Builder::default()
                    .plugin(tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::init())
                    .run(tauri::generate_context!())
                    .expect("error while running tauri application");
            }
            ```

        3.  If you'd like to manage the clipboard in JavaScript then install the npm package as well:

            <CommandTabs
                npm="npm install @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager"
                yarn="yarn add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager"
                pnpm="pnpm add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager"
                bun="bun add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager"
            />

        </Steps>
    </TabItem>

</Tabs>

## Usage

{/* TODO: Link to which language to use, frontend vs. backend guide when it's made */}

The clipboard plugin is available in both JavaScript and Rust.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="JavaScript">

```javascript
import { writeText, readText } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager';
// when using `"withGlobalTauri": true`, you may use
// const { writeText, readText } = window.__TAURI__.clipboardManager;

// Write content to clipboard
await writeText('Tauri is awesome!');

// Read content from clipboard
const content = await readText();
console.log(content);
// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the console
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Rust">

```rust
use tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::ClipboardExt;

app.clipboard().write_text("Tauri is awesome!".to_string()).unwrap();

// Read content from clipboard
let content = app.clipboard().read_text();
println!("{:?}", content.unwrap());
// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the terminal


```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

<PluginPermissions plugin={frontmatter.plugin} />
